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WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

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No. 593,114. Patented Nov. 2,1897.

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FREDERICK C. NOLAND, OF COVINGTON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS M. HENDERSON, F SAME PLACE.

WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593, 114, dated November 2, 1897. Application filed April 23, 1897. Serial No. 634,262. on model\) To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK O. N OLAND, a'citizen of the United States, and a resident of Govington, in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in iVire Fe-nce Machines; and I do hereby declare that the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to'which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to wire-fence ma- [5 chines; and its object is to provide an improved construction of the same, the stays and line-wires being twisted or woven to gether with a double lock; whereby they are securely held together, and said lock formed with a central loop to allow for expansion and contraction due to heat and cold.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

2 5 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a fence-machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line as 50, Fig. 1. Fig. e is a detail perspective view of the driving-shaft and showing the means for vertically moving the frame in which the twister frame is carried. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the twister. Fig. 7 is a view 3 5 of the stay before being twisted. Fig. 8 is a view showing a section of a completed fence.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates vertical posts connected together at top and bottom by horizontal and trans- '0 verse beams 2 and 3, forming a frame of about the height or higher than an ordinary wire fence. These posts 1 on their inner sides are formed with vertical ways or ribs 4, which engage with grooves 5 on a vertically-travel- 5 ing carriage 6. Located in said carriage is a horizontally-movable carriage 7, which also moves vertically with the carriage 6. The said carriage 6 consists of the rear end piece 8, vertical bars 9, in which the grooves 5 are formed, and parallel horizontal bars 10, between which latter the carriage 7 travels.

This carriage 7 comprises the plate 12, vertical guide-bars 13, and a forwardly'projecting plate 14:. This plate 14 at its outer 'or forward end is formed with a circular opening and an interior annular flange 15, and said plate and flange are formed with a slot 16 to admit the wires to be twisted. Located in said opening inplate 14 is a circular rotatable twister l7 having a peripheral flange 18, by which it is held in place. This twister is formed with a radial slot 19 to receive the wires. This twister is formed upon one side with bevel gear-teeth'20, which engage with the teeth of a corresponding gear-wheel 21 on the end of the driving-shaft 23. This shaft passes through both the carriages 6 and '7 and has a pivoted crank 24 at its outer end. The object of pivoting this crank is to allow it to work close to the ground without inter- 7o ference therewith. Loosely journaled on said shaft 23 is a flanged pulley 25, around which is wound a wire 26, one end of which is secured to the lower part of frame 1, while the other end is connected with a coiled spring 27, secured to the upper part of said frame. The said pulley is formed with a slot 28, with which engages a rib or feather 29 on the driving-shaft, which when said shaft is pulled or forced back to release the twister from the wires will engage with said slot, so that as said shaft continues its rotation it will cause the pulley to rotate therewith and elevate or lower the said carriages by means of the wire wound therearound. The outer flange of said pulley 8 5 is formed with a notch 30, with which engages one arm 31 of a bent slide 32, which passes through the carriage 6 and has one end wound around said shaft. XV hen the shaft is pushed inward to throw the twister into engagement with the wires, the rib 29 will be withdrawn from the slot 28, and the said slide will engage with notches 30 and prevent rotation of the pulley.

The numeral 34; designates a number of 9 5 hooked arms pivoted to one of the posts 1 and connected together by a pivoted vertical bar 35, connected at its lower end with a link 36, which in turn is connected with a lever 37. The object of these arms is to engage with the loo line-wires to prevent twisting of the same.

Secured to the carriage 7 at opposite sides of the twister are forks 38, which prevent twisting of the line-wires at such points.

The operation is as follows: The machine is moved up alongside the fence, and the stay, bent as shown in Fig. 7, is applied to the linewires and the driving-shaft and carriage 7 pushed forwardly, so that the horizontal portion of the stay and the line-wire will engage in the slot in the twister. The shaft is then rotated, which will rotate the twister, which in turn will twist the stay and line-wire together in opposite directions,forming a double lock with a central loop, as seen in Fig. 8. The carriage and shaft are moved back, re= leasing the twisted wires, and the rib on the shaft engaging with the slot in the pulley will rotate the latter and elevate or depress the carriage to bring the twister opposite another line-wire, when the operation is repeated.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is 1. The combination with the frame, the vertically-movable carriage, and thehorizontallymovable carriage carried thereby, of the driving'shaft, the plate carried by said horizontallymovable carriage, having a circular opening, an annular interior flange, and a peripheral slot, the twister having a radial slot, a peripheral groove with which said interior flange engages, the bevel gear-teeth on said twister, the intermeshing bevel-gear on the shaft, and the forks, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the frame, the vertically and horizontally movable carriages, the laterally movable and rotatable drivingshaft, and the twister and means for operating the same, of the rib on said shaft, the loose pulleys having a slot with which said rib engages, and the wire wound around said pulley and connected with said frame, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the frame, the vertically and horizontally movable carriages, the laterally movable and rotatable drivingshaft, the twister and means for operating the same, of the loose-flanged pulley one of the flanges of which is formed with a notch, the slide adapted to engage with said notch, and the wire wound around said pulley and connected with said frame, substantially as described.

i. In a fence-machine of the character described, the combination with the frame, the vertically and horizontally movable carriages, and the laterally movable and rotatable driving-shaft, the pivoted crank, the rib on said shaft, the loose flanged pulley having a slot with which said rib engages, the slide engaging with a notch in one of the flanges of said pulley, the wire wound around said pulley and connected with the frame, the coiled spring connected with said wire, the twister, the hooked arms pivoted to the said frame, the bar connected therewith, and the lever and connecting-link, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK C. NOLAND.

Vitnesses:

J. W. BRISSEY, DOLLY McOoY, 

